Perry Company has two service departments, Maintenance and Human Resources, and two

production departments, Machining and Assembly. The following data have been estimated for

next years operations:

Department Direct Charges Square Footage Labor Hours

Human Resources 135000

Maintainance 100000 5000

Machinning 275000 2000 20000

Assembly 225000 3000 25000

The Human Resources Department services all departments.

Requirements:

(1) Distribute the service department costs using the direct distribution method. Human

Resources uses Labor Hours and Maintenance uses Square Footage.

(2) Distribute the service department costs using the sequential distribution method with the

department servicing the greatest number of other departments being distributed first.